Thursday, 18 April 2013
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Final Newspaper Article Ancillary Task
I made a few adjustments to my final ancillary tasks after my evaluation, however the statements I made in my evaluation still hold true and to this piece of work.
Monday, 15 April 2013
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Evaluation Question 3
From my audience feedback I started to learn how exactly my 3 products, particularly my documentary clip were perceived by my target audience. The majority of my feedback was positive and they all had good things to say about my products. However, some did suggest ways in which to change it or improve it.
Positive feedback included things such as ; the following where Alex Rivers, has said she likes the introduction and opening to the clip. I got quite a lot of feedback from my audience on this particular part of my documentary product. From this I started to get an idea of what my target audience liked and worked well. I also started to gain a lot of feedback from my audience about the use of cut away shots whilst the interview carried on. I knew that this would appeal to any audience well as it is a recognised convention of a documentary. Following my research and feedback throughout the production of my documentary clip I knew it was important to use conventions - an audience is more likely to engage and respond well to something that they are used to or can associate with. Something I learnt through asking peers and friends when making my documentary if they liked the style of documentary I was creating, or if they felt the features worked well together and did not clash or cause too much fuss on the screen.
Some of the negative feedback I received throughout the construction of my products I used to improve, alter and make them more appealing to the target audience in order to achieve the best possible result.
However, Alex also went on to give me constructive criticism (something I received throughout my construction and felt was necessary to create my products) about the quality of sound in the documentary. This helps me to learn that it may have been important to use Audacity more effectively, by perhaps learning to use parts of the programme better by following online tutorials and generally improving my skills as they were only limited. As my interviews were shot with a camera and one point mic in one room and my voiceovers recorded with a stand alone mic in another room the background noise and echo differed. Retrospectively I should have perhaps recorded the questions over the top and fitted them in, in order to improve the noise levels and sound. This would make it clearer and easier for the audience to listen too. It may also make the documentary easier to engage with, having poor sound in some areas may cause the audience to lose interest or touch with the subject at hand and what is going on.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Evaluation Question 2
HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE COMBINATION OF YOUR MAIN PRODUCT AND ANCILLARY TEXTS?
In order to create links between both the ancillary tasks and main task I had to keep the similar formal style. In the documentary clip there is a formal tone set and text added in a very clear and informative way. The same way in which I hoped to present information in the ancillary tasks. I achieved this by using photographs that were relevant to the documentary clip and topic at hand. Such as the stack of books used in the newspaper advert, all aimed at the same target audience as those that would watch the documentary.
There appears to be more link and continuity between the two ancillary tasks rather than the documentary clip itself. and the ancillary tasks. In some ways this could let the strong link down, if I were to improve it I could have tried to use the same text for the name titles that appear in the documentary clip and the text used in both ancillary tasks. This may have given a recognisable feature to all 3 products. Not only this but I could have used the post 16 education tagxedo that I created for the beginning of my documentary clip in either of my ancillary tasks or a screenshot from the documentary. This would have improved the link greatly - giving the audience a taste or idea of what sort of image was to be conveyed in the documentary. Also allowing them to create links between the advert and the programme itself.
The links across the two ancillary tasks include the text, such as the font used - I kept it the same to keep them both basic and to link the two together. I also kept the same colour of font - I chose white so that it stood out on the background of both the newspaper article and advert. As well as the text, the titles both have the same editing to them - the thick black outline and a white fill, again this was due to the colour of the background and to keep it in link with the colour of the body text. To improve the link between these two products I could have used the 'programme four' logo I created on both pages, or used quotes from the article as the quotes on the side of the book where I have placed other quotes. Another thing that makes the two products slightly different, is the fact that the newspaper article/double page spread actually is a lot darker in lighting and colours in comparison to the bright newspaper advert. Although this could work - as the newspaper advert is supposed to be more eye catching and appealing anyway, and the double page spread is more of a serious review of the documentary.
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